nagging
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nagging
adjective more nagging · most nagging
- Persistently annoying or painful. nagging doubt
verb
- present participle and gerund of nag
noun naggings
- The action of the verb nag. After breakfast it takes a stout heart and strong nerve to tackle the burden of dishwashing, separator, milk things, disorderly house, interspersed with quarrels, naggings, and interruptions of the children[…]
adjective more nagging · most nagging
- Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance. Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied
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Closest in meaning: ill-natured, shrewish, pestering, harassing, annoying, harassment, annoyed, troublesome, irritated, upset, troubled, troubling, alarming, disturbing, disquieting, agonizing
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noun the action of continually chipping away at somebody's perceived faults
| Deutsch | Nörgelei, Nörgeln, Meckern, Gemecker, Gezeter, Keifen |
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adj causing persistent mild pain
| Español | persistente, molesto, chinchoso, fastidioso, molestoso |
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| Français | persistant |
| Deutsch | nagend, bohrend, quälend, lästig, nörgelnd, quengelnd |
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title = {nagging},
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